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Games like Survive The Forest

If Survive The Forest is your kind of game, the closest matches are Survival Classic, Andarilho and Unturned — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Survive The Forest: You need to Survive the forest from infected. You need to get resources and survive from infected

2022ActionAdventure9.99 USDWindowsby PhantomCore Studio
Survive The Forest — Steam game cover

Players who liked Survive The Forest also play

Steam players who put hours into Survive The Forest also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Survival Classic

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy. You can trust no one but it is almost impossible to survive on your own. Choose your path and go to finish. Firefights, transport, crafting and survival.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Andarilho

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    You are a guy with a backpack, just try to stay alive!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDSteam ↗
  3. Unturned

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Outbreak Island

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. PostCollapse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.

    2018IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Just Survive

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Just Survive is a post-apocalyptic survival game that immerses you in a world where humanity is fighting to take back control from the zombie hordes.

    2015ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerSteam ↗
  7. Erzurum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.

    2021IndieAdventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rust

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Survive The Forest fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    The only aim in Rust is to survive. Everything wants you to die - the island’s wildlife, other inhabitants, the environment, and other survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another night.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Survive The Forest at current Steam store prices.

  1. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Survive The Forest on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Hello Neighbor Alpha 2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  6. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. erdetspill

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    Bestefar vil ha 2 is. Du må skaffe de. Det viser seg å være mer komplisert enn du trodde. Et absurd førstepersons-eventyrspill der du navigerer norsk byråkrati, snakker med rare folk og løser meningsløse oppdrag - i en liten norsk bygd.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

More from PhantomCore Studio

Other recommendable Steam games by PhantomCore Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. FUN Platformer

    WHY THIS

    Another title from PhantomCore Studio, the studio behind Survive The Forest. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    fun Platformer you have to survive bees and rock enemies and slime enemies you have to make it to the trophy without dying. if you want open the pause menu you pressed P

    2021ActionRPG1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Island Assault

    WHY THIS

    Another title from PhantomCore Studio, the studio behind Survive The Forest. Shares Action with Survive The Forest.

    You Assault A Island What Is Under Russian Control and you need to destroy enemy vehicles and supplies and there will be mission to do or free roam around the map or you could build build a base with the money you will have to get the player is a a robot show is being controlled by human

    2022ActionFreeSteam ↗
  3. Wildlands Resurgence

    WHY THIS

    Another title from PhantomCore Studio, the studio behind Survive The Forest. Shares Action and Adventure with Survive The Forest.

    section for a game where players need to survive from wildlife, mine resources, craft items and structures, and even form tribes:

    2024ActionAdventure13.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Survive The Forest

How much does Survive The Forest cost?
Survive The Forest is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Survive The Forest?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Survive The Forest are Survival Classic, Andarilho, Unturned.
Who developed Survive The Forest?
Survive The Forest was developed by PhantomCore Studio and published by PhantomCore PUBLISHING.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Survive The Forest.

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